Assassins Creed 4 Black Flag - Assassins of the Caribbean | The Completionist

Ever since watching Pirates of the Caribbean, we've always wanted a fantastic pirate game. Assassins Creed Black Flag delivers with it's epic open world adventure of conquering the seas and templars alike. Let me know what you think about my Assassins Creed Black Flag review!
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The year is 1715. Pirates rule the Caribbean and have established their own lawless Republic where corruption, greediness and cruelty are commonplace. Among these outlaws is a brash young captain named Edward Kenway. His fight for glory has earned him the respect of legends like Blackbeard, but also drawn him into the ancient war between Assassins and Templars, a war that may destroy everything the pirates have built. Welcome to the Golden Age of Piracy.
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[@Nefnoj]

Dude, I know you're trying to get back into the swing of things, but you can't review a piracy game and call yourself "the Completionist who plunders" immediately after a scandal involving finances.

[@sodapop_girl]

That’s twisting his words to fit a false narrative. He defined a completionist (in general) as someone who plunders everything from a video game. It describes the term using pirate lingo, which fits within the context of the game.

[@sodapop_girl]

@@krakenandtheratmovies781Which part exactly? Because he did not “plunder” anything.

[@Shatterglass23]

Let it go. All these people in here looking for clout. Either do it publicly on social media or make your own videos

[@nadraksan]

@@Shatterglass23 What clout is gained here? Most people are just random viewers, not youtubers. Also, looking at the statistics on his patreon and social blade, clearly there are subscribers that are angry with him as well. It's very lazy to just say CLOUT and DRAMA when facts don't go your way.

[@TheHeadincharge]

We all understand the intention of his phrase, but that doesn't make it less ironic...@@sodapop_girl

[@jgstrider]

Its impossible for me to watch and enjoy these videos now.

[@nick21didyomom]

Same

[@SoloGamer42]

​@@neintimesthegeek1337I'm just curious do you mean the KZbinrs he follows? I don't really care either way, but he follows Nitro rad and Cinemassacre. I don't know about Cinemassacre but I'm frequent Nitro quite often and have never found him to do anything weird. That is all, just a question out of curiosity.

[@MitchSmokes]

That's a you problem

[@bighomiethrift]

So, did you just come here to share that little tidbit with us?

[@zacharydobbins6267]

Then… don’t watch… not that hard

[@PuthySlayer69420]

brother we are not forgetting

[@ossiep9396]

It is just not the same watching these videos after this entire thing

[@Kage-jk4pj]

So true :( guess it's time to move on

[@SpoofyJuliani]

Thanks for watching anyways

[@sandorgobel1886]

What thing?

[@raider_reaper_4194]

What do you mean "after this entire thing"

[@MitchSmokes]

It's exactly the same

[@garrettreynolds5053]

out of all things to review after being exposed you choose a game about pirates

[@big-backjack3564]

Bonzai buddy!

[@Gardi93]

The videos are back but the heart and soul are gone 😢

[@shoresy6943]

I heard best buy is hiring. 😂

[@killemallromeo8691]

great go work for them lol

[@shoresy6943]

@@killemallromeo8691 already am, that's why we're recruiting our best former employee.

[@randombluetoad1308]

Man, these new thumbnails feel so weird.

[@jeromebrown20]

This one sort of has a beard

[@fu8297]

Why?

[@sharpc-tudent]

@@fu8297 he stopped puting beards on the thumbnails after the controversy for some reason

[@mpadilla707]

Definitely. He got rid all of the credits at the end of people who worked on these videos. It's all so empty now.

[@sharpc-tudent]

@@ravenfelter3055 Thought about that too. Unfortunately, it may be indeed true. It may be also that he intends to separate his image from the videos, so that new viwers who only heard of the controversy do not feel discouraged from opening the videos, but it is just a random guess.

[@The4thMan28]

Of course you would relate to a pirate game

[@SquirrelMario]

Bro’s still at it 😂

[@yonathanastorga1888]

My god he’s actually being consistent.

[@EmrysMerlin8807]

@@everettjohnson9374 Right? What's the big deal?

[@db_524]

@@MasterFenril Yep.

[@db_524]

@@everettjohnson9374 True

[@EmrysMerlin8807]

@@marioman863 Proof?

[@EmrysMerlin8807]

@@3rdtimesacharm84 Huh?

[@tomppa3490]

I think The Completonist use to be quite cool with the Intro and all, now he is just alone. Was it all just buisness & big marketing team behind all.

[@nunyabizness3866]

What’s stopping him from using the old intro? I mean he still using the name completionist , anybody who can stand or sit through his videos are not going to get offended by it. I’m assuming it’s bought and paid for so go ahead and use se it.

[@mobyusone]

Indieland this year?

[@wuwei473]

😂

[@WinspearUltima]

Your still posting, you really don’t give up man

[@quatreraberbawinner2628]

Mans gotta eat, what do you want him to do crawl in a hole and die?

[@Karlovich108]

Alright this is extremely funny timing considering what that Ubisoft exec just said about not owning the videogames you buy!

[@КГБКолДжорджКостанца]

Ahh the fat cat capitalist strikes again baby 😎 WOOOOOOOO 💵

[@maxisenberg9093]

You know you haven't been able to own games in the last 2 generations except for switch carts right?

[@dlockpoint]

@@maxisenberg9093 Xbox and PS still sell hard copy games?

[@maxisenberg9093]

@dlockpoint those discs are just licenses. You don't own the actual game..most of those discs dont even have the game on it and the ones thst do are still copied/run entirely on the console

[@TheFivegoodemperors]

⁠@@dlockpointyou do know that you agree to terms of services that literally say “You don’t own your account and that you are just using a service/servers that you can be banned off without any reason”(in legal speak) right? If a game has a DRM (requires internet access and account) the physical copy is useless without internet/account. A physical game without a day 1 patch is many times, completely unplayable. You really don’t own games anymore.

[@rykx0r]

I noticed that the Completionist Theme is listed in the show notes, but there hasn't been an intro in the past few episodes. Weird.

[@tylerrichardson3034]

​@@kozaky6584He does show his face, though

[@tylerrichardson3034]

@kozaky6584 I agree for the thumbnail, he probably thinks less people will click on it if his face is depicted on it, bit I disagree about the intro.

[@WhateverWhenever888]

@@kozaky6584Someone doesn’t watch even a little bit of the videos he criticises

[@TheRealBitterbub]

Likely as he is trying to do what he can to avoid negative feedback.

[@Ospyro3em]

Could be that whoever edited his intros previous now can't/won't

[@manboyhybrid757]

I know right?! All these damn pirates stealing doubloons! Who would do such a thing?

[@Dorian_Scott]

My brother in *_christ,_* man! Read the room!

[@modernostrich1852]

Still one of the best pirate games out there

[@afrothundergfuz6697]

How ironic you play a pirate game when you thieve in real life

[@coreykelley9441]

I'm on my fifth 100% playthrough in the past two years on Switch. Favorite game of all time easily.

[@asdf-wt5hb]

The Completionist's Greed - C h a r i t y s c a m m e r of the Open Hand Foundation

[@kendall90]

I know who is the biggest pirate here 😅🤣🤣

[@Graham2468]

Finally finished it earlier today. Some really frustrating missions, but the gameplay, world and story overall make it worth suffering through. Probably my favourite game in the series!

[@mr.blonde5344]

If I were you, I'd vanish.

[@casey8836]

You can hide your face but that voice is still you.

[@Daniel-pi5qd]

1:15 his face is right there

[@TheRealBitterbub]

@@Daniel-pi5qd Not what he's talking about at all, man.

[@TheCreepypro]

probably the last time this franchise was great

[@love_craft6524]

Dude. Your lies are outrageous, and the things you lie about are abhorrent. Its sick.

[@edgartheface]

I'm disappointed by your lack of dignity.

[@DuplexxSiren]

You make me wanna replay all these games

[@andresgarza8511]

Talking about pirates 😂

[@ianism3]

meh, I wouldn't recommend completing Rogue. the story is not good, and it's half as long as Black Flag. but it has the same number of collectibles. so the balance of running around finding stuff vs doing missions is very off.

[@koss41]

Ironic, isn't it?

[@Detective_L]

Please, for the love of Odin trim that beard

[@micknaqueron6719]

Blud scammed people and bought 600 000 burgers 😭

[@annasophiarobb69]

The Scampletionist

[@darthsnarf]

It's crazy how this is still one of the best pirate games, the genre is so under served

[@austin.....]

Black Flag will never be topped when it comes to pirate action games. I'm so glad they're remastering it.

[@OMG-ws6lx]

I wanna be part of moneyland!! I need some!!!

[@MadMasterPorkey]

Wait, the Pirates of the Caribbean movies were based off of the ride? Interesting. I thought it was the other way around

[@MongooseKingOfTheWastelands]

Nah, they actually retrofitted the ride to fit the movie.

[@ampeater777]

Nah, it's a very old ride. When I went to Disney world as a kid all the mannequins were just generic looking pirates

[@MadMasterPorkey]

I guess I never really paid much attention to the theme park side, and had only heard of the rides after the movies. So this is all kinda neat to learn.

[@eb2681]

Guess that line in jurassic park blew your mind. How did jeff goldblum predict that franchise 10 years before the movie?!

[@saulsanchez8018]

Opening most chests early game really pays off

[@paradox4780]

I just don't know if I can trust

[@daniellebackus819]

Can’t remember the details because it’s been a few years, but I got stuck on a mission where I was supposed to sneakily follow someone in my ship. Couldn’t get past that, and eventually never went back to the game. I remember really enjoying the game though, especially attacking the bases with my pirate ship.

[@violetlazuli3998]

If it was one in a swamp area I quit at the same point, just broke me and I never went back

[@daniellebackus819]

@@violetlazuli3998 yep, that’s it!

[@big_english8787]

Weird I completed that first try

[@TheTangaMandapium]

yarrg blackbeard the pirate steals the treasures of donations

[@cuckercarlson7203]

I disliked 50 of your videos in and out in 5 seconds

[@RayanGaming665]

Hi, there's a song without lyrics the marins and edward sing just *la la la * in the beach do u know the title please ??

[@coreymyers5321]

Hope you like your Ubisoft game, because soon you won’t own it.

[@noahdean9685]

This is going to be a big mistake for Ubisoft

[@Rifer0]

It is simply amazing how everyone misunderstood what the Ubisoft guy said. He said that in order for services like game pass to take off, people will have to get comfortable with not owning games. That is very different from what everyone is saying. They're not gonna take away your games.

[@jetsetjohnny5]

It's on disc.

[@TheIllustriouBlueJay]

​@@Rifer0and since they want their service to succeed, they're going to have to start phasing out discs.

[@Rifer0]

@@TheIllustriouBlueJay you'll still have the option to buy the game digitally, he did not mean that you won't own that. Personally I buy 95% of stuff digitally and i am not worried they're gonna take away my stuff. Ppl just read the article headlines and did not bother reading his whole speech and everyone is misunderstanding what he said.

[@jameslawrenson1208]

Aye, online achievements are terrifying.

[@Collin255]

Why is the rum always gone

[@Collin255]

@@SeparatedMiles yo ho ho and a bottle of rum, yarrrrr

[@EllRiver]

I gave you 1 second of watch time. From my youtube preimum. I gave you prob .000001 cent. Still too much time.

[@EnemyIsEverywhere]

He'll put it to good use and in a very timely manner.

[@crabbuckets7506]

I like eggs

[@Nooflear]

Still waiting on Donkey Kong Country 2.

[@OhDip]

I personally enjoy Jirard’s voiceovers and never cared about him as a person, he’s just got a pleasant delivery. With that in mind I’ll keep watching if we keeps creating. More power to those who can’t abide but as super casual viewer, it’s whatever.

[@detectiveblutomindpretzel6292]

If yall dont wanna watch these videos anymore why do you keep coming back for each one lol

[@TheCeraization]

Yeah, trying to get all trophies/achievements for this game nowadays is absolutely rough. I hear the PS3/Xbox 360 version is broken, but wasn’t going to stack it anyway. 100% on the PS4 version was annoying enough.

[@linkvegeta2]

Those multiplayer trophies especially are never fun.

[@OctoberRaven]

the best AC game and best AC protag

[@colinrussell2017]

Best Pirate game too!

[@xxsw4yxx]

hands down best Assassin's creed game by far!

[@ChanningRossi]

I loved this game. It's one of the only Creed games that I 100%

[@pharmcat8484]

Black Flag was the last AC I really enjoyed.

[@alvybar2990]

This was peak AC

[@DGFTardin]

The only AC I even remotely felt like playing

[@nerdzone]

I really valued the completion stats in the end of an episode. How many hours played, how many crucial items were collected, some descriptions of the main completion challenges. It really helped put things into perspective and I feel its abscence in the last few episodes.

[@nerdzone]

​@@Austy5738 Not really. If you imply it has to do with the scandal, I would disagree. There definitely seem to be drop in the scope of the videos' writing and editing but adding those stats is a simple matter and should not be affected by the lack of professional editor or extra writers. They could be simple text on the screen or even just read. Will still be welcome.

[@massdefection]

@@nerdzone It's likely an issue with KZbin's algorithm showing them drop-off rates at certain points in older videos with those stats included. I think it's also likely the same reason the intro is gone as well, because it probably causes viewer retention to drop off and they obviously can't afford losing viewers and engagement since that's how their monetization is determined by KZbin.

[@nerdzone]

Interesting. Thanks for the hypothetical explanation.

[@massdefection]

@macintoshexplorer Losing employees wouldn't cause him to be unable to record his completion stats, considering he was recording a lot of that stuff even before his company had many employees. Again the easiest explanation is them trying to work the KZbin Algorithm to keep retention.

[@Emptyfyre]

PS3 version online is completely jacked up. I managed to unlock that community sharing trophy just before it became unobtainable so I got lucky.

[@margarita5781]

Dude took himself off the thumbnails completely 😂😂😂😂😂

[@Spenerico]

Mate

[@matheusavila2688]

Mr fraudster of the Caribbean

[@SolidNeodark]

To anyone willing to give this game a try for the first time DO NOT buy the Steam version. As of 2023, Ubisoft severely broke the game with a surprise update (you can only play in windowed mode, for example). I recommend, instead, getting the Switch "Rebels Collection" which has all the DLC for Black Flag and AC Rogue.

[@SolidNeodark]

@@utopiandystopia1383 i see what you did there

[@jackkinsey]

I learned my lesson with AC3 to avoid pc versions of this series (and pretty much all Ubisoft games on pc for that matter)

[@ravenwraith1017]

ew Ubisoft...never paying those clowns again. I like to actually own stuff, thanks.

[@Mike_Dubayou]

what a weird suggestion. just pirate it like a normal person.

[@dajerx]

i have it and i thought it held up even with switch limitations. i dont regret the purchase and have had lots of fun with it. @SoundSelectionMistress

I love this game

[@Elazam]

I think that maybe it would be better to tale a break fpr a few months and sort things out, it's so obvious how all of this is tearing on him

[@Xenodyne]

Thanks for the heads up regarding the trophies. If I ever get around to it, I'll probably play it on PC since I care less about completion there

[@RageofAlma]

Wanna bet the remake will have Pirates of the Caribbean mission

[@BlazerK1914]

Jack Sparrow: “Can we team up?” Edward Kenway: “I don’t think so.”

[@atticusstephenson2895]

You know for a game that's a decade old, it actually still looks really nice

[@-Nightingale]

Stylized graphics always will be better than realistic graphics.

[@WenderPottery]

It doesn't feel like jirard's heart is even in it anymore

[@MikeJDeSanto]

I played on the Wii-U, where the "Companion App" was built in. I remember thinking everyone saying the gamepad was useless while Ubisoft made a phone app to do what the Wii-U gamepad did.

[@susaigithefallenone8323]

Man, I kinda fell off the AC bandwagon after Revelations, but everyone talks about how Black Flag is so good. Maybe I should give it a shot.

[@MaterielPneumatique]

Best pirate game is Seven Pirates H, this being a close second.

[@thechompymage6432]

Never heard about this game

[@DanHoger]

I played this as part of the Rebel Collection on the Switch. That version completely git rid of online play, so completing it wasnt bad.

[@daniellebackus819]

I was wondering about that! That’s how I played this game, and I didn’t remember it prompting me to do anything online. I suppose completionisits wouldn’t like switch though, since it doesn’t have trophies.

[@calenbarnes9597]

This game hit different in 2013-14. I replayed this and Rogue a little bit later and it wasn't as good as I remembered. Brave on you as usual, for completing the onine achievements. I don't know how you do it lol

[@elijahlee7773]

This probably was the first game I ever 100%. Gotta find the time to replay it.

[@Iwillone]

Black Flag is still my fav AC game.

[@ultimate_pleb]

Who's Ezio is that the guy from fortnite or something?!

[@brandon2911]

Yes

[@ultimate_pleb]

@@brandon2911 lol

[@robertryan8784]

Boo

[@ultimate_pleb]

@@robertryan8784 ???

[@raider_reaper_4194]

He's the guy from Florence

[@EmrysMerlin8807]

I was playing the Pirates world in KH3 and suddently realized "OMG this is just the sailing in AC4!"

[@darnellkinsel2453]

Scott pilgrim Random dude: hey this dude looks like a pirate Scott Pilgrim: do you like pirates? Matthew Patel: Pirates are in this year?

[@neintimesthegeek1337]

Dude, Black Flag was such an awesome experience!

[@jayXpunk]

Does the Switch version have online play? Maybe you could have avoided worrying about those multiplayer achievements if you played that version.

[@jetsetjohnny5]

There aren't really achievements on switch. But there's still the abstergo challenges.

[@_Paul_N]

Switch doesn’t have trophies/achievements.

[@Nobody-vr5nl]

Pirate games are the next best evolution of survival games, but we can't ever get a good pirate game. AC:BF is the best pirate game, and that's sad sense it's been so long.

[@sonicsez605]

Is this worth playing in 2024? I remember it being popular when it came out.

[@Foxington287]

Its still very good. I think it’s better than most recent AC releases

[@FreezerOwl]

I recommend it if you get it free as part of PS+ Ubisoft collection but dont pay for it

[@jameslavell871]

It’s one of if not the best in the series!!

[@TheSpongyMallard]

It’s still good. The only bad parts are the shoehorned AC parts of the story later on and the mission objectives are almost exclusively, “Follow this guy”. The story is so strong that you can look past it’s faults.

[@rompevuevitos222]

It's certainly not better than AC 2 due to the level design being bad for the gameplay. A lot of open spaces, reliance on magic bushes that make you invisible, moving trough trees is very mindless and buggy, also this was one of the first ACs to introduce LENGTHY linear sections where the main gameplay loop is obsolete and you just press forward. But some people like the naval combat which is ok, altho you need to play trough a lot of the main story to unlock upgrades and weapons.

[@pharmcat8484]

Assassin’s Creed, Far Cry and FALLOUT!!!!!!

[@Joe-lo6jx]

At least upload TOTK

[@jacobmaddcock6889]

Once this era of gaming fully comes back in the nostalgia cycle I'm sure this games gonna be huge again

[@kirbygarcia3385]

love singing sea shanties with my crew

[@damianolima2100]

Is it still playable on PC (steam version)?

[@Angelo-wf4kf]

Yeah why wouldn't it

[@damianolima2100]

@@Angelo-wf4kf I have AC 1 and 2 for the PC, but only AC 1 worked.

[@-Nightingale]

It's broken, avoid it like the plague on PC.

[@jamess.9743]

i never enjoyed those ship battles. wish it was more optional

[@Astristul]

I never enjoyed the legendary ones. They're way too hard! If it weren't for that glitch, I would've never completed it.

[@TheYumelunarose]

@2:15 Someone missed the "our flag means death" seasons......

[@DanXcel]

Black Flag was really good. Syndicate and Unity are still my favorites tho.

[@tinalevesque5772]

Absolutely loved this game. Singing along with the crew. The beautiful sunsets and the terrifying storms and crashing waves. So incredibly immersive. I wish I could experience something like that again.

[@GardnerdFilms]

Wii U version slapped

[@memoryman3586]

Wii U version slapped cheeks. Runs at a constant 20fps even on jungles and small towns. Much better on Switch, where the package includes DLC + Rogue.

[@Propane_Acccessories]

@@memoryman3586yeah even on the Xbox One it was not great. Can't imagine it on the Wii U

[@memoryman3586]

@@Propane_Acccessories Hm? I remember it being a rock solid 30fps at 900p on Xbox One.

[@Propane_Acccessories]

@@memoryman3586 It was something like that. That resolution is fine, but not for games with as much stuff on screen at any one time as Black Flag. A counter example is windwaker or mario sunshine. Those are in lower resolution but the art style is simple and clean. It is easy on the eye. Black flag made it hard to see things.

[@TheRenZoG]

Where's the intro?

[@Emptyfyre]

Prince of persia review soon?